An Oregon couple is facing charges after their 3-month-old son tested positive for methamphetamine.According to Herald and News, Nickolaus Robert Hardtke Neace, 24, and Emily Rose McGinnis, 19, of Klamath Falls, have been charged with reckless endangering and endangering the welfare of a minor.The charges stem from a Department of Human Services complaint, in which a witness said Neace and McGinnis were daily meth users and that Neace was once seen injecting his son with a substance believed to be meth.In September, the child was given a drug test and tested positive for methamphetamine. KEZI reports the child was removed from the home. In an October interview with police, the parents said they gave up meth after discovering McGinnis was pregnant. They suggested that the child's babysitters might have had meth residue on them, explaining the child's positive drug test. Neace denied injecting his son with meth. McGinnis and Neace face up to a year in jail if convicted.

Klamath Falls, Oregon —

An Oregon couple is facing charges after their 3-month-old son tested positive for methamphetamine.

According to Herald and News, Nickolaus Robert Hardtke Neace, 24, and Emily Rose McGinnis, 19, of Klamath Falls, have been charged with reckless endangering and endangering the welfare of a minor.

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The charges stem from a Department of Human Services complaint, in which a witness said Neace and McGinnis were daily meth users and that Neace was once seen injecting his son with a substance believed to be meth.

In September, the child was given a drug test and tested positive for methamphetamine. KEZI reports the child was removed from the home.

In an October interview with police, the parents said they gave up meth after discovering McGinnis was pregnant. They suggested that the child's babysitters might have had meth residue on them, explaining the child's positive drug test.